Quit Smoking Forever Guide

This is such a key point that I want to wrap up the last few pages. Probably, you were shocked by this statement, and maybe you still are, despite the evidence I presented. This is your addiction working your addiction is even trying to fool your powers of logic. But if you dont believe me, then lets revisit it again.

Nicotine is not addictive. Nicotine is a chemical substance, yes. Nicotine produces some small physical changes when injected into the bloodstream, yes. Nicotine in too high a dose can even kill a person, yes.

Nicotine is a toxin and nothing more than that. It is not addictive. Ive already given you some examples and here is yet another one: a friend of mine from Scandinavia once brought back some snus. Perhaps you have heard of this its a type of tobacco that you place in your mouth some people use it in places that they cannot smoke. Just like cigarettes, however, snus is carcinogenic and bad for your health.

In the years since I have stopped smoking, my friend has offered me snus and I have never even given it a second thought about trying it which I have done maybe 3 or 4 times. It comes in a kind of teabag that holds the tobacco and you keep it just under the top lip, where the nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream.

Did I fear the consequences of consuming nicotine again, possibly getting re-addicted? To be honest, it did not even cross my mind, I actually did not make the connection between snus and cigarettes both being made of tobacco. I also found that having tobacco stain my teeth was not to my liking so I did not care to continue trying this snus despite my persistence in trying to work out the attraction! Despite my almost not realising that this was a tobacco product before I placed it into my mouth, did I get hooked once more? No, of course not because nicotine is not addictive.

Heres another example did you ever hear of a non-smoker accidentally becoming addicted to patches? And heres another one there are many people who occasionally smoke cigars. Maybe they have them two or three times a year at a party. Personally, I still do this from time to time like at the office Christmas party. Do I long for or pine for tobacco in the months between getting my next fix of a cigar? Do I miss the aroma of tobacco until my next chance to have a cigar? Or do I even resort to cigarettes because cigars are too expensive? Of course not! In fact, its never even occurred to me at all. I dont have any cravings for tobacco and I never think about tobacco.

Lets go back to cigarette smoking. If we know that nicotine is not physically addictive, then why do people have a craving for cigarettes? Weve established that its very hard, if not impossible, for the average person to get hooked on patches, cigars or snus. But if they all contain nicotine then what makes cigarettes so different?

Nicotine is not physically addictive, but cigarettes ARE psychologically addictive.

We have just proven this statement above. So why are cigarettes such a special case? I dont have all the answers but I suspect its a result of social conditioning, of the way in which society as a whole looks at cigarettes, categorises cigarettes, the way in which people believe that nicotine is addictive and the brainwashing of the establishment (more on that later). This would explain why most people who try a cigar do not get hooked on either cigars or cigarettes, even though they also both contain nicotine and tobacco.

So now you know that cigarettes are psychologically addictive. So, in order to conquer your addiction, you therefore must understand exactly how your cigarette addiction works. Keep on reading to learn more.